Torsen w/o prop shaft

[Paul Caouette]

Agree on abuse but 20 feet...??????

paul from my droid
On Jul 28, 2011 5:45 AM, "Grant Lenahan" <glenahan at vfemail.net> wrote:
> that is my presumption, but i believe that a the other side will spin, it
may get hot - not good for any significant time.
>
> Grant
> On Jul 28, 2011, at 1:14 AM, Paul Caouette wrote:
>
>> I hope you try to move it.....my logic says since the torson would
consider
>> the shaft spinning as "no traction" to the rear it would transfer torque
to
>> the front....
>>
>> paul from my droid
>> On Jul 27, 2011 9:13 PM, "Dave" <dave.eaton at clear.net.nz> wrote:
>>> nope - won't move a foot. the torsen diverts torque from the output
shaft
>>> with the least traction to the one with the most. in your case as this
>>> shaft has 0, nada, traction, there is none to apportion. so no movement.
>>> the torsen is very like a lsd in this regard.
>>>
>>> propshaft out, you need to tow it. flatbed highly desirable.
>>>
>>>
>>> Dave
>>> '08 rs6 avant
>>> '04 allroad tdi
>>>
>>> On 28/07/11 1:08 PM, "Cody Forbes" <cody at 5000tq.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> ------------------------------
>>>>
>>>> Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2011 18:18:46 -0400
>>>> From: "Cody Forbes" <cody at 5000tq.com>
>>>>
>>>> I've got the prop shaft out of my A8q. How does a Torsen car behave
>>>> without it? I'm planning to move the car a couple hundred feet into a
>>>> different parking space, but was wondering about driving it ~20 miles
>>>> home.
>>>>
>>>> -Cody
>>>>
>>>
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